Cancer Registration: National Cancer Patient Experience Survey Wave 4 by patient character

Linked survey and registry data from Wave 4 of the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES), commissioned by NHS England. The dataset contains individual patient responses linked to cancer registration records, covering patients discharged from cancer care between September and November 2013. It includes patient characteristics such as gender, age group, deprivation quintile, cancer site, stage, and route to diagnosis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing disparities in patient experience based on deprivation quintile and age group mentioned in the description.
• Modeling the relationship between the route to diagnosis and patient-reported care experiences.
• Investigating associations between cancer site, stage, and survey responses.
• Studying the impact of applied disclosure controls on data utility for specific demographic subgroups.

Strengths

• Data is linked from two authoritative sources: a national patient experience survey and the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service.
• Includes multiple patient characteristics: gender, age group, deprivation quintile, cancer site, stage, and route to diagnosis.
• Specific disclosure controls are documented, indicating careful handling of sensitive data.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single three-month period in 2013.

Provenance

Source

NHS England, administered by Quality Health and linked by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service.

Collection Method

Survey responses linked to cancer registration records.

Time Range

Survey limited to patients discharged between 01/09/2013 and 30/11/2013.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

England